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dead. that Il died for want Of support; that
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FRoA WEALTH To royxETr.
Hos known are thess facts. Tee old nlan
began publishing that paper ~hen hs lived IN
a mansion replete with treasures OF arr and
literature and with uses ~sich wealth has
for al the wants aud the taste. A French
chef ministered % the epicurean palates which
ths Lospilabis master invited around him.
I Statesmen, refoFmsrs, beauties. morallsts and
al times the prinors II states and Of churches
were bis guests For long months past hs
has lived in one room In q tenement among
the sluns. his food not costing al week and
not worth half that little. depicting himself
In body that the paper might go On; earning
500 by ma gaxihe article ON something he
vas Indifferent about that he might issue
thoughts which he was tremendously moved
about Il viii dine you for a sixpenoe, but II
You want rne 10 write for you my terms win bs
$50 u column; il viii bring out my next
issue" he would say. An income of over
$4,000 year and fortune which at least
i've figures would be needed 10 express. house,
furniture. horses. wines. clothes. last Of all
the beloved books, have gone 10 sustain an
idea, and tho idea was Wind.
John SwintOn had TO stop. He could starve
his stomach and deny his mind as long IS he
could get together enough 10 pay the printer,
bat when that failed be erased. No one saf-
Tered loss but himself The theories OF the
man were visionary and destructive, but he
was the safest conduit for them there was.
| He would denounce property without being
able TO remove the conviction Of everybody
that he WAS the kindest old man in the world.
| lie would roar like Etna. but the birds would
not fy away when he walked by them He
would emit Gre and slaughter, but his wallet
would be turned inside out to the first beggar.
| lie would advocate communism and practice
IL by losding up garnins with presents. New
| York knew him as a stage quantity whose
heart~was as gentle as summer. The amount
OF verbal vshemence that had to be got OF
sounded in him like the demons tenpins
among the mountains or scinhllated around
aud within him ike the lightning Of July
twilight; but the noise was only noise and the
| lightning struck nothing but his pocketbook.
FEw PERSONAL ANECDOTES.
| The old man was n conservative force, a
discounted thunderbolt, and did not seem TO
know IT, he came, as he thought, unto his
own, and they received him' not They unto
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He will find harbor whence he went forth TO
| raise storm and encounter shipwreck.
what were you doing that afternoon on
that cornerF asked Mr.. Fullerton OF him
when a witness on the Beecher trial.
"Musing on the infinite" was the answer
that came quick as a flash straight as a rife
ball and hard as a rock That cross examina-
| tion was not continued.
4 ycf ha+ ind ~ trir ha.
before, Swintoni" asked A. T. Stewart of
him at a dinner once in the Thirty fourth
| street palace, as the host doled out tho least
bit Of rare vintage
YES, twice; once with Antonelli and once
with Bismarck, and both times in larger
| glasses" was the reply.
1t was Swinton who gravely proposed to
discuss in Madison square garden with VIII
liam II. Vanderbilt the latter's right to his
millions TO the sheer CONSERVATION Of that
man, and somewhat to his apprehension. It
was Swinton against whom Depew "braced
| himself for the debate at the Nineteenth
| Century club, and it was Swinton who at
that club spoke only such honey-d words Of
the allowances which ought 10 be made for
, rich men that Depew's prepared arguments
were kicks against nothing
"He thought I'd show ny teeth. but Qy
| speech was sustained kiss chucklingly ex-
| plains the old man "Tbe casesaaker was
nowhere be adds
He has learned that natural conditions win
not bend to all poor OF rich; that ingratitude
| Is plant that can grow in the sluns as well
as on the avenue; that the confederation Of
| forces, the conservation Of powers, the union
of energy, skill and interests that that 20 by
| the name OF corporations. syndicates com
panies. trusts and the like are law Of the
civilization q the time; he has learned his
lesson, but sweet, strong and hopeful in him
| yet Is @ths indomitabls heart OF Armand
| Richelieu New York Cor Brooklyn Eagle.